Maria Grazia Imperiale is LINEs Principal Investigator. She is a Lecturer in Adult Education at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Grazia’s research interests focus on language education for adult refugees and migrants, multilingualism, and intercultural education. She has conducted research in several contexts, including Palestine, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Italy and Scotland. She also worked as a language teacher and a teacher trainer. Grazia is a member of GRAMNet (Glasgow Refugee Asylum Migration Network) and part of the network’s steering committee.
Damian Ross is LINEs Research Associate. He is a consultant, teacher and trainer with over 20 years’ international experience including country, regional and global education management, largely with the British Council, where he managed global support for their approach to teacher education and development and was responsible for Equality Diversity and Inclusion across English programmes. Damian holds a master’s in educational sciences, with a specialism in teacher identity and development, and is particularly interested in the promotion of teacher voice, agency and inclusion.
Giovanna Fassetta is LINEs Co-Investigator. She is a Senior Lecturer in Social Inclusion in the School of Education of the University of Glasgow. Prior to joining academia, Giovanna taught in primary and secondary schools in Italy, Eritrea and the UK. Giovanna’s current teaching and research focus on the inclusion in education of children and young people from refugee/migrant backgrounds; the role of language(s) in integration; and decolonial approaches to (language) education. She is a member of the Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet) and is one of the network’s conveners.
Tony Collins is the Founder and Director of Mishwar. After spending a short time in a circus in China, Tony took the step of going to Lebanon to learn about the refugee crisis. He had worked professionally as a musician for a number of years and also volunteered to help support refugees in Glasgow (Scotland), so it seemed like a natural progression for him to put his creative skills to use in the refugee camps of Lebanon. Mishwar is a conduit for artistic outputs and a way to help garner support for those most in need. Tony currently works with a local charity in North Lanarkshire, helping to improve the integration of refugees and asylum seekers in the region.
K. is Project Manager for Mishwar (Lebanon). He has a degree in Literature from a higher education institution in Syria. K. has been a trainer and has worked with children and young people in both educational and pastoral care capacity. He enjoys football, and has experience of coaching children’s football teams.
Nikos Psochios is as a doctoral researcher within the School of Education at the University of Glasgow. His work focuses on the themes of forced displacement and adult education within the Greek context. Prior to his affiliation with the University of Glasgow and the LINEs project, Nikos concluded the International Master’s Program in Adult Education for Social Change (2021 – Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Recipient, University of Glasgow) and the Joint Master’s Program in Education and Human Rights (2015 – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Institute of Education, University College London). He possesses a professional background in community education for displaced populations and has experience working with international non-governmental organizations and European Union institutions in Greece.
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